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UNITE STATES ET CFFICE.

F. W. MALLETT, OF .NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR 'IO GEORGE F. KIMBA, OF

, SAME PLACE.

FELLY-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 29,223, dated July 17, 1860.

To aZZ whom fit may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANCIS IV. MALLETT,

. of the city and county of New I-Iaven, in

the State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Machinery for Rounding Fellies for Carriage-IVheels, &c.; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction, character, and operation of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which make part of this specification, in which- Figure l, is a perspective view of the whole machine, ready for use, showing the cutters, adjustable moving hook, &c. Fig. 2, is an end view of the same, with a part of the front end removed, showing the felly on the hook, as in the operation of being rounded.l Fig. 3, is a plan of one of the cutter holders, showing the form, and position, of the cutters, and, also, of the guide, or rest between them. Fig. 4, is a section of one of the cutter holders, showing the manner of securing the cutter in any position to which it has been adjusted. Fig. 5, is a perspective view of a portion of the felly, after it has been rounded. Fig. 6, is a perspective view of a portion of the felly before it has been rounded.

My improvement consists in constructing the machine with one, or more, pairs of cut` ters, (two pairs I would recommend,) fitted into proper holders, or stocks, so as to be adjustable, and having between the inner points of the cutters a circular rest, or guide, for the felly while being operated on and an adjustable, and movable, hook to enter into the spoke hole, to hold the felly steady during the operation of rounding it.

I make the frame of cast iron, or any other suitable material, substantially, in the form shown at A, A, Fig. l, suited to be attached to a bench, platform, or block, by screws, or otherwise. I make the arbor, or shaft, B, Fig. l, of cast steel, or any other suitable material, on which I fit a suitable pulley, as C, Fig. l, (or revolve the shaft by any other suitable means.) On the front end of this arbor, or shaft, B, I attach a cylindrical case, as shown at D, Fig. l, and indicated, in section, in Fig. 2. In the upper side of this cylinder, I), I cut out a space, as shown at a, Fig. l, to allow the felly to be brought against the cutters to be rounded.-

serting the cutter-holders, or stocks. On the.

inside of the periphery of this cylinder, D, I ix two studs, as shown at c, and cZ, Fig. 2, (one of which is seen at c, Fig. l.)

I make the hook, e, Figs.' l, and 2, of wrought iron, or any other suitable material, with a long curved shank, as shown in Fig. 2,-and on this shank I place a spiral, or helical, spring, as shown at g, Fig. 2, one end of which rests against the stud, (Z, and the other end rests against a shoulder, or projection, on the shank, of the hook, as shown at ZL, Fig. 2, to brine` the hook, c, to

its place again, after it has been forced back (by passing the felly over the cutters,) as indicated, by dots, at z', Fig. 2. I secure the shank of this hook, e, with a nut, as shown below the stud, eZ, Fig. 2.

On the shaft, B, and back of the opening, or space, c, but within the cylinder, D, I permanently iiX a piece in the shape of a central segment, or Zone, of a circle, as shown at Zn, in Figs. l, and 2, (and its ends are shown in Fig. 3,) or, of any other convenient shape. And I make another piece of the same shape which I slip onto the end of the shaft, B, as shown at Z, Z, Fig. l, and its ends shown at Z, Z, Fig. 8. Near leach edge of these pieces, 7c and Z, I cut grooves suited to receive the dovetail projections on the cutter holders, or stocks, as shown at m, Fig. 3.

I make the cutter holders, or stocks, substantially, in the form shown at E, Fig. 3, with dovetail forms, as shown at m, Figs. 3, and 4L, and I connect with each of them a segment of a circle, as shown at F, Fig. 3, the central segment being passed onto the shaft B, (and the complete circle is shown, in plan, in Fig. 2, and a part is seen near Z0, and E, Fig. 1,) which serves as a rest, or guide, for the felly while being rounded.

I make the cutters of cast steel, or any other suitable material, substantially in the form shown at n, n, Figs. l', and 3. I insert these cutters, n, a, into the holders, E, substantially, in the position shown in Fig. 3, and, I secure each of them in the position to which they have been adjusted, by a screwbolt, with the head properly fitted, as shown at o, in Fig. 4, and indicated in Figs. l, and 3.

On the back part ot the cylinder, D, I t an adjustable side' gage, asshown at G, Fig. 1, which may be useful with different sizes of tellies:-and the cutters, and other parts, may be varied in size and shape when necessary.

Having made the several parts, as before described,-I place the shaft, B, (with its pulley, 0,) in the frame, A, in proper bearings, and attach the cylinder D, also, to the trame, and the piece, c',and central part of the rest, or guide, I attach immovably, to the shaft, B, within the cylinder, D, and pass the piece, l, Z, onto the shatt, B, and slide in the cutter holders, E, E, by means ot the dovet-ails 0, s, m, m, &c., Fig. 3, and turn on the nut p, Figs. l, 2, and 3, when the whole apparatus will appear as represented in Fig. l, and be ready for use.

To use my machine-I pass the spoke-hole, in the telly, onto the hook,`e, as shown in Fig. 2, press down the right-hand end, s, of the telly till it rests on the guide, F, and revolve the shaft, B, in the direction indicated by the dart, and, gradually, torce the telly in the opposite direction, (as indicated by the dart on the telly,) until the shank ot the hook, e, has passed onward, as from, CZ, to z', which will allow the cutters, n, n, &c., to round both corners of the telly trom the spoke-hole into which the hoolr, e, is placed, a little more than halt way to the next spokehole. I then take oit the telly, when the spring, g, will throw the hook, e, back to the position shown in Figs. 1, and 2, when, I pass the next spoke-hole onto the hook, e, and proceed with it as before, and so on, for the whole ot that portion of the telly. I then shift end ot the telly, and round the other portions in the same way.

The advantages of my improvement consist;in that the cutters being set, in their holders, oblique to the strain occasioned by the cutting, will never be displaced by that strain, as those are which are setstraight, or direct ,-and, as it allows ot their being sharpened, and used, as long as they have sutlici'ent length to be secured by the binding screws; and, in the manner of fitting and arranging, the circular guide, on which the telly rests while being rounded g-and, in that I have an adjustable, and movable, hook, which enters into the spoke hole to hold the telly steady, which hook can be adjusted by the nut, near d, so as to begin the cutting as near the spoke-hole as may be, at any time, desiredg-and, in that it not only rounds both corners of the telly at once, but never cuts against the grain of the wood, so that the work is done with great rapidity as Well as smoothness ;-and, in that I can use several different cutter holders, with the curve, to receive the telly, ot different sizes, and shapes, to which I can fit cutters to match, so that I can round the corners of any size, or shape, ot telly, at pleasure, by simply taking out one pair, or set, of holders, and inserting another of the appropriate size, and shape, (which can be done in a tew scconds,) While that part of the holder which is back of the edge ot each cutter, may be so shaped as to cause the cutters to operate with smoothness, like a double ironed plane.

I am aware that cutters have been set oblique to the strain, or force, tor various purposes, for ages ,-and, that circular rests,

,or guides, are in common use ;-and that a hook has been used by hand to hook into the spoke-hole in the telly, designed both to hold the telly steady, and, also, to assist in forcing` it along against the edges of the cutters ,-I, therefore, do not claim either ot these, as such, as my invention g-but- That I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination ot the hook (0,) with the cutters, K(1t, n, &c.,) when constructed, arranged, and made to operate, substantially, as herein described.

2. The combination of the cutters, (n, n, &c.,) with the guide, or rest, (F,) when the whole is constructed, arranged, and made to produce the result, substantially, as herein described.

F. W. MALLEIT.

lVitnesses:

G. F. KIMBALL, R. FITZGERALD. 

